Combined bumper and fender.



H T. MYERS. COMBINED BUMPER AND FENDER; APPLICATION FILED FEB. 21, 1910.

1,026,279. v v Papentedma m, 1912.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

H. T. MYERS; GOMBINEDBUMPER AND FENDER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.21, 1910 1.026.279. I Patented May14, 1912 4 SHBETS-SHEET 2.

, H. T. MYERS. COMBINED BUMPER AND FENDER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.21, 1910 1,026,279. Patented May 14, 1912 4 SHEETSSHEET 3. 6.

H. T. MYERS.

COMBINED BUMPER AND FENDER.

APPLICATION FILED 3:13.21, 1910.

Patented May 14, 1912 4 SHEETS-QEBE-T l.

the apronto constitute a fender.

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I Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented May 1 1, 1912.-

Applieetion filed February 21, 1910. Serial No. 545,207.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HARRY T. Mv'nns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, intheicounty of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful I1nprovements in Combined Bumpers and v Fenders, of which the followingis a spec1fication. v

Tlie'object of this invention is to provide an attachment for vehicles which is adapted under normal conditions to operate as 'a bumper but which may be manipulated as occasion requires to act as a fender.

While my invention is particularlyadapted for hseon automobiles it may also be used on street cars and other vehicles.

Another object of the invention is to provide an apron normally wound or otherwise compactly arranged in closed position and means for .quickly opening and spreading A furtherobject of the invention is to normally conceal an apron in the bump-1r and provide for automatically opening the bumper and spreading the apron to form a fender.

The invention has other objects in view which will appear hereinafter in the description of "the drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of the invention applied .to the front axle of an automobile and showing the apron opened in broken lines. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the ,line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view similar to Fig. 1 showing the invention applied to the front springs of an automobile. Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line -1tl of Fig. 3. Fig. 5,is a detail'sect-ional view on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1. 'Fig. 6 is a detail view showing the interior of the bumper with the apron'in section. Fig. 7 is a sectional view onrthe line 7-7" of Fig. 1. Fig. 8 is a sectional view on the line 88 of Fig. 1. Figs. 9 and 10 are sectional views showing an apron wound on a spring roller. Figs. 11 and 12 are detail viewspartly in section looking in the direction of the arrows l1 and 12 on Figs. 4 and 2, respectively. Fig. 13 is a plan view of the preferred embodimentof the invention, the apron being shown open in broken lines. Fig. 14 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 15 is an enthe line 15-15 of Fig. 13.

In] Figs. 1 tojt of the drawings I have illustrated two constructions in each of both members of the attachment are movable.

Referring first to Figs. 1 and 2, the invention comprises a pair of supporting arms 13 which are fastened in any suitable manner to the front axle 141 of a vehicle. Slide bars 15 are guided on the lower rear ends of the arms 13 and for this purpose are provided with longitudinal slots 16 to receive stud pins 17 on the arms. A sectional hollow bumper is supported on the forward ends of the supporting arms and the slide bars. The part 18 of the bumpcr is m'ade fast to the supporting arms and the other part 19, which constitutes the movable part of the bumper, is made fast to the slide bars. The parts of the bumper may be fastened to the arms and the slide bars in any suitable manner, for example, the bumper may have a sectional collar for each set of the arms and slide bars, as shown more clearly in Figs. 5 and '7, one part 18 of each collar being made fast to the supporting arm and to the stationary part 18 of the bumper, and the other part 19 of each collar being made fast to the movable part 19 of the bumper. The part of the collar is preferably pro vided with a lip 19 to overlap the rear edge of the part 18 of the collar to insure proper registration of the two parts of the bumper and to prevent the lower part of the bumper from being thrust forward relative to the upper part. The bumper is preferably made in tubular form and circular or substantially circular in cross section and the two parts thereof are normally held in closed position by a latch lever-'20 pivotally mounted at 21 on ears 21 rigid with the stationary part 18 of the bumperv and arranged to make locking engagement with a pin 22 on cars 22 rigid with the movable part 19 of the bumper. An operating rod 23 is connected to the free end of the latch lever and is adapted to be operated-from the vehicle in any suitable manner. Springs 24 are onga ed at their rear ends 2 1 to the slide bars an at their, forward ends 2 1 to the supbumper are locked together by reason of the orerlappil'ig lips 15) as heretofore. explained. To permit of a yielding movement of the bumper in orabout a horizontal plane I make the supporting arms 13 intwo sections .13. 3". and provide one section. as

l3 with bolts- 95 to slide in hollow bosses '25 on the other seetion. spring 20 is arpermit them to more rear\\'a1 'dl with the for. 'ard seet'ions 13" ot the supporting arms. -l'he apron 28 may be made of eanvas or any other suitable material and in any desired form. The apron is fastened at its'upper edge to the stationary part 15 and at its lower edge to the movable part l! of the bmnper. in eaeh instance to the inner side ot' the part and preferably by a elamping strip 2!) whieh-is t'astened to the part b) .serews. or other uitable means. and Feeures itlt'e edge ol the apron rigidly to the part (Fig. ti 'lhe apron may be wound oi folded or otherwise arranged in eompaet form to lit wholly within the tubular bumper and l. have found it eonyeuient to provide 7 the apron midway etwedn its upper and t l lower edges \\'ltll a slat I 0 tastened to the 'lhis yielding eonneetion between the apron in any suitable manner so that it eau be employed as a eore on whieh to wrap the apron in the manner llt)\\'ll more elearly in Figs. 7 and 8. it will'be observed that 111 this eonstruetion the apron is wrapped on the-core 3t) eonnneneing at the middle of the apron so that in opening the apron it will unwind at both its upper and lower edges.

ln l igs. S and H) l have'showu the apron wound on an ordinary spring eurtain roller 31 suitably mounted in bearings 2)! within the stationary upper part 18 ot' the bumper. ln this eotrstruetiouthe free edge of the eurtain is tastened at 1 in any suitable manner to the movable part 11 ot the bumper.

when the movable part is'dropped. as herea tter deserihed. the apron will unwind tron: Q "the roller 2) whereas in the eonstruetion shownin Figs. 7 and R the rolled part of the j apron floats beween the two parts ot -the k bumper and unwindst'rom the renter out- 1 ends. but the eu desired.

ward to both upper and lower edges.

llraees it! upper ends :35 'to the su 'iporting arms 13 near their tor\\'ard ends. and at their lower are pi otally eonneeted at their ends IlE'to the slide bars in t'ront' ot' the:

guide slot ltt,

swung down 'ard, as shown in broken lines When the slide bars and the 3 movable part of the-bumper, wlneh eonstltutes the swing 'l'rame ot'the attaelnnent. are

in Fig. 2, the braces '3 operate to hold this swing frame rigidly in its lowered position. Struts 3? are pivotally eonneeted at 38 between their ends to the brat-es S-l and springs 23!) are (:Olllltft'tttl to the upper en( 5: ot. the struts and to said braees. The lower ends 40 ot' the struts are pointed to engage notehes 41 inthe upper edges of the 'slide bars. 'hen the attaehment is in folded position, shown in full lines in Fig. 2. the struts lie upon the upper edges of the slide bars with their pointed ends forwardly direet ed: as the swing trame drops to the position shown in la-oken'lines in Fig. 2 the stru are swung on their pivotsEBS by the springs 39 into position to engage the notehes ll. 'lhese struts eotiperate with the brat-es in making theswing t'rame rigid in its lowered position. The rear ends 16' of the guide slots 11' ip the slide bars are otl'set .to reeei e the pivot studs 1? when the swing inbet'ore deserihed. the attarhment' is mount ed rigidly on the Front axle of an auton'iobile. In Figs. 2-3 and -l l have show'nthe attaehment mounted at the outer ends of the front springs 42 of an automobile and seeured thereto by bolts 43.

In praetiee the attaehment. eonstrueted as shown in ligs. 1 to l. is set in elosed 'position. with the springs 2t and 35* at tension, and loeked in this position'b the lateh lever. 'lhe apron is then wrapped, folded or otherwise arranged and wholly eoneatled within the bumper where it is proteeted from injury and kept in St1' l('ttl)lt eondi' tion. The attaehment in tolded position operates as a bumpe' and guards the automobile or other \ehiele to whieh it is attaehed from injury. \\'hen 'the operator tinds it net-easaet' to avoid running over a persoirhe pulls on the ope ailing rod J3 to release the lateh lever and then the springs 24- operate to thrust the swing frame for ward and downward to form a fender. stretehing the apron and rigidly holding it in position to pit-k up the perstm.

In the several eons-t'rm-tions illustrated in i euryed rear\\":n'dly and dow'nw'ardly and the'- movable part ot' the bumper extends only from the middle of the bumper to the 'eurred rved ends may be omitted it' In the et'mstruetions thus far described the upper member of the.attaehment is fixed relative to the lower member. whieh latter is adapted toswing down in or about the manner deseribed to streteh the apron. I prefer, however, to eonstruet the attaelnnent so that both members will swing in oppd i site directions to stretch the apron. ferring to Figs. 13, Hand 15 the operative parts mounted on arms 45..attached to the front springs in or about the manner indicated'in Figs. '3 and 4. Theseparts may be mounted at the outer ends of the front axle in or about the manner indicated in Figs. 1 and 2, if desired. In the construe-- tion shown in Figs. 3, 14 and 15, the upper part 46 of the bumper is mounted on the ends of levers 47 constituting thev upper frame and the lpwer part 48 of the bumper is mounted onthe ends of levers 49 constituting the lowerframe. These two frames are pivotally connected at 50. vThe levers 47 are pivotally mounted at 47 on thearins 45. The levers 47 and 49 of each pair are connected by a folding stay which comprises two members 51, 51, pivotally conbumper and adapted to be folded or otherwise arranged within the bumper when the latter is in closed position. To sustain the parts in closed position, as shown in full lines in F 14, I provide latch levers 55 w a e rigidly mounted on a cross rod56 operated from the automobile or *enicl-e in any suitable manner by an o ing rod Thelatch lever has slots and. 59 to receive the pins 58 on levers 47 and the pins 59 on levers 49. Springs 60 hold the levers in operative engagement with the pins. Springs 61 are fastenedat 61 to the arms 45 and at 61 to the arms 47 to open the attachment when the latch l are disengaged from the pins, and

:tops 62 on the levers 47 are arranged to engagethe arms 45 to limit the opening movement of the attachment.

The invention, as embodied in the 'construction of Figs. 13-15, operates as a bumper in folded position and as a fender when the frames are opened to stretch the apron by manipulating'the operating means ir the manner heretofore described. In this .strnction, howeverfthe levers operate to i'nove both or" the parts of the bumper, in st of the lower part only, and in so doing the two parts of the bumper are separated until the apron is stretched taut. When the latches are released from engagement with the pins 58 and 59" the springs 61 swing the outer ends of the upper levers 47 upward and the inner or rear ends downward, and the folding stays which connect the levers 47 and 49 straighten out, the lower frame levers 49 falling forward and clownu'aiid as clearly indicated in broken lines My invention is simple in construction,

light in weight and inexpensive to inal e and it can be readily applied to any automobile,

street car, or other vehicle, It serves the double purpose of a bumper and a fender.

What 1 claim and desire to secure by Let vtei's Patent is: I

1. A combined bumper and fender comleasing the apro. v

.2. A combined bumper and fender coinprising a two-part bumper, an apron nor-h mally arranged in compact form within the bumper, and means foropening the bumper and stretching the apron.

prising a two-part bumper, an apron nornially held in compact form by the'bumper and means for opening the bumper and rev 3. A combined bumper and fender CO1I1-' prisin a two-part tubular bumper,an apron norma 1y arranged in compact form in said bumper, and means for opening the bumper and stretching the apron.

4. A combined bumper andfender comprising a two-part bumper, an apron normally arranged in compact form in the l'bumper and attached to the parts thereof,

means for holding the parts of the bumper together, and means for opening the apron when said holding means are released.

1 5, A combined bumper and fender comprising a two-part bumper, an apron having its upper and lower edges fastened to .the parts of the bumper and normally arranged in compact form therein, and means for parts of the bumper to stretch means for moving the parts of the bumper" in opposite directions to stretch the apron.

8. A combined bumper and fender comprising a two-part bumper, an apron having its upper and lower edges fastened to the parts of the bun'iper and normally arranged in compact form therein, means for locking the parts of the bumper together, and means for separating said parts.

9. A combined bumper and fender coinprising a two-part bumper, an apron having its upper and lower edges fastened to the parts of the bumper and normally arranged in compact form therein, a locking member connected with one part, locking lever connected with the other part to engage said locking member, and means for operating said lever to releaseit from engagement with the locking member.

10. A combined bumper and fender comr1s1ng a pa r of swing frames, a two-part bumper mounted on said frames, havmg'lts upper and lower an apron edges fastened 5 to the parts of the bumper and normally arrangedsm compact form thereln, and means for sw nging said frames to separate the parts ofjthe bumper and thereby ext f pronx. I 10 11." \jcombined bumper and fend rising a pair of supporting arms,

end the a swing ran e mounted on'said arms, another swing frame pivotally/connected to the fir tioned swing frame, a bumper made st men- 1n two in positionv with the bumper closed, meansfor releasing the frames, and means for swlnging the frames to separate the parts of the bumper.

HARRY T. MYERS.

WVitness es:

, M. 0. BELT, M. ROBERTSON. 

